 | United States. Supreme Court - 1807 - 542 sider
...assigns, yet it was held LAMBERT s not sufficient 10 carry the fee. Lord Mansfield says, " the rule of law is established and certain, that express words of...local situation, and only carry an estate for life." The same principle is laid down in Gilbert on devises, 24. Thus, we find that the intention of the... | |
 | Horace Binney, Pennsylvania. Supreme Court - 1810 - 642 sider
...thwarted; for ordinary people do not distin- M'hn FVNA " guish between real and personal property. The rule of law *' however, is established and certain,...limitation, or words tantamount, are necessary to pass an es** tate of inheritance. ' All my estate' or ' all my interest' will " do: but ' all my lands lying... | |
 | William Roberts - 1815 - 622 sider
...657. ante, Sect. 4. • Dovgl. 759. untr, Sect. 4. 568 Import of Words and Phrases. CHAP. IV, mount, are necessary to pass an estate of inheritance, '...place/ is not sufficient; such words are considered merely descriptive of the local situation, and only carry an estate for life ; nor are words, tending... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Charles Durnford, Sir Edward Hyde East - 1817 - 708 sider
...the testator is thwarted; for ordinary people do not distinguish between real and personal property. The rule of law however is established and certain,...place," is not sufficient. Such words are considered merely as descriptive of the local situation, and only carry an estate for life. Nor are words tending... | |
 | William Cruise - 1818 - 624 sider
...the testator is thwarted ; for ordinary people do not distinguish between real and personal property. The rule of law however is established and certain,...place is not sufficient; such words are considered merely as descriptive of the local situation, and only carry an estate for life ; nor are words tending... | |
 | William Cruise - 1818 - 624 sider
...the testator is thwarted ; for ordinary people do not distinguish between real and personal property. The rule of law however is established and certain,...inheritance. All my estate, or all my interest, will dp ; but all my lands lying in such a. place is not sufficient ; such words are considered merely as... | |
 | Maryland. Court of Appeals, Thomas Harris, Reverdy Johnson - 1825 - 614 sider
...law considers sufficient to pass the fee, wheoi used by a testator for that purpose, the rule of law, "that express words of limitation, or words tantamount,...are necessary to pass: an estate of inheritance," must prevail, and the devisee can only take an estate for life, no matter what conjecture or private... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Bernard Bosanquet, Sir Christopher Puller - 1826 - 446 sider
...wife took only an estate for life in the lands in B. Lord Mansfield saying that the rule of law was established and certain ; that express words of limitation...tantamount are necessary to pass an estate of inheritance ; and Rulleri. that it was impossible for the Court to make that only one devise which the testator... | |
 | Richard Preston - 1827 - 584 sider
...the testator is thwarted ; for ordinary people do not distinguish between real and personal property. The rule of law, however, is established and certain,'...limitation, or words tantamount, are necessary to pass an inheritance : l all my estate,' (m) Sec Callings v. Eweslall, 4 Mau. & Selw. 58. or * all my interest,'... | |
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I verily believe, that in almost every case where by law a general devise of lands is reduced to an estate for life, the intent of the testator is thwarted; for ordinary people do not distinguish between real and personal property. The rule of law however... 
